Sometimes you just need to engage in some shopping-related TLC. If you’re a gamer, there are plenty of extravagances to tide yourself over should you be having a bad day.

1. Qwertee T-shirts

Clothing based upon video games are a dime a dozen these days; the internet is choking on meme-friendly designs. Nonetheless, Qwertee’s take on the matter is unique enough to help it stand out from the crowd. Setting itself apart with competitive pricing (£8-£10 for a good quality product) and how the community interacts with their site, users must vote each day for a new shirt.

As only a couple are available at a time, what gets printed is entirely up to fans. Your options all draw well-considered inspiration from games, TV and films, meaning that the resulting T-shirts have a good chance of being popular with geeks anywhere. We love a good reference.

I hate to sound pretentious, but the difference between standard and gaming mice is pretty attention-grabbing. If you’re a hardcore PC gamer you’ve probably covered this base already. Should you be considering delving into the platform more seriously, on the other hand, I’d advise grabbing the Razer Abyssus.

Relatively cheap and highly accurate, this mouse makes waves with variable settings reaching up to 3500dpi. If that makes as little sense to you as it did to me four months ago, this basically means ‘it’s a good deal more precise’. You can navigate the screen with small twitches of your wrist, so going back is increasingly difficult after picking this one up.

If you’re feeling a bit low or can’t find the exclusive to make that next-gen system your favourite toy again, what better way to chill out than revisiting an old console?

If you have the patience, heading over to eBay will reveal a plethora of machines (and games) from your childhood. Many current consoles’ online stores also allow you to pick up classics easily. Who could resist an afternoon diving into Super Mario World or Sonic again?

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4. A Turtle Beach/Razer gaming headset

If a day off is an excuse for anything, it’s shutting yourself in with a good game. I’ve heard great things about the Turtle Beach and Razer range of headsets, so cocooning yourself up with one or the other isn’t a bad way to go if you want to be completely sucked into the experience.

It makes a difference when the hectic fire-fights of Battlefield 4 are exploding right in your ears, for example, putting you front-and-centre in a way you might not achieve without surround-sound. There’s a large selection in each brand to choose from, so the only question is how much you want to spend.

Even though I was tempted to suggest the Wink Waker Nendoroid figurine I discovered via Kotaku UK (it’s heart-meltingly cool), a brief search of Amazon turned up some other beauties to feast your eyes on.

The D-Arts range of gaming-based models seem uncannily accurate, with a selection including Pokémon, Mega Man and Samus Aran you can display in various iconic poses. Send help. I’m slightly in love.